1 Maccabees 1:61 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 And they hanged their babes about their necks, and destroyed their houses, and them that had circumcised them. More versionsCommon English Bible They hanged the infant boys from their mothers’ necks. The king’s agents also killed the families of the women as well as those who had performed the circumcisions. Catholic Public Domain Version By their power, they did these things to the people of Israel, as they were discovered in the cities, month after month. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thus by their power did they deal with the people of Israel, that were found in the cities month after month. Good News Translation (US Version) Their babies were hung around their necks, and their families and those who had circumcised them were put to death. World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers They hung their babies around their necks, and their houses, and those who had circumcised them. Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition Antiochus even told these troops, “Hang the baby around his mother's neck, and kill the whole family, as well as the man who circumcised the baby.” |